Ftm-tmi-after baby-advice

Ftm. What are some things/all things/must haves, to make your "down stairs" as comfortable as possible after the whole pushing a baby out of your vagina thing? Lol I'm not worried about labor, or having her, or them sending me home with a baby and all. Just worried about pain and so much bleeding and what not. This is something I haven't really talked about at all or read a lot about. Thanks in advance!

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My hospital was great and provided me with tons of stuff. I had a 3rd degree tear so walking for the first week wasn't pleasant 😂

Things that helped me:
- Dermaplast spray (GREAT numbing and disinfecting spray)
- Squirt bottle (fill with cool water and use it to "wipe")
- Tucks pads (helps with the pain and hemmorids and to clean your hiney. Best trick I learned was to line your pads with them!)
- Cooling pads (hospital provided these neato pads that you crack and it activates the "ice" pack inside)
- Sitz bath (great for deep washing your nether region. Or use Epsom salt and soothe your hemmoriods in a soak)

Remember...don't be afraid to ask for more items to go home with! And take all they give you, you pay for it whether you use it or not.

Yes stool softeners! Omg my first BM at home was excruciating. I swear I thought my freaking staples we're going to come out. It really hurt bad to say the least. I'm not making the same mistake again.

My sister (she had a vaginal with an episiotomy) said that ice was her best friend for a week or so. Also Depends and Super Plus or Ultra overnight pads.

reading all the BTDT (been there, done that) stories make me think i had it easy! i was up and out of the bed 20-30 mins after giving birth. i was anxious to get up cause i was in labor for 27 hours and after epi had to be in the bed... sadly! and also couldnt move really every time i did his heartrate would drop, so i was pretty much in the same position for 24 hours!

reading all the BTDT stories make me think i had it easy! i was up and out ...

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07/16/2015

reading all the BTDT stories make me think i had it easy! i was up and out of the bed 20-30 mins after giving birth. i was anxious to get up cause i was in labor for 27 hours and after epi had to be in the bed... sadly! and also couldnt move really every time i did his heartrate would drop, so i was pretty much in the same position for 24 hours!

Exactly the same experience! I was up almost right away after LO (little one) was done with nursing/skin to skin time (about an hour). 27 hours almost all of which were in the bed because of monitor issues and then having an epidural. Feel your pain, mama!

I would get Tena brand pads, take home some "chucks" (bed protecting pads) or buy some puppy training pads to put under you, have some really roomie panties thst you don't mind ruining or take home a bunch of mesh panties from the hospital. Depends are ok, but I found them to be really, really sweaty and preferred the mesh panties instead. Tucks pads are great. Get at least 2-3 containers. You will already have wipes on hand for after bowel movements, so that's good. Use the peri bottle they give you at the hospital. I made a spray with water and peppermint and lavender essential oils that cooled, soothed and encouraged healing that I loved. The OTC spray they all talked about works alright, too, but can be drying which makes thing a lot more painful in the long run. Take a bath at least twice a day. It will all be ok.

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